Word: caramelize
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...have shrimp cocktail first, Mary; be very careful how you carry the tray there. . . . About the dessert-this Tarrytown Special-a fruit salad of bananas, berries and pears with caramel sauce on it. That's about all, but don't hurry though. That's the dollar dinner I want served next week when I get off the train from Washington." Dr. Smith tries to identify speakers' places of origin by their pronunciation. and, what is more, does so about 70% of the time...
Advantages of Top-of-Stove glass: quicker cooking, better flavor, less dishwashing, lower fuel bills, no food lost in transmission from stove to table to refrigerator. Typical dishes prepared in Top-of-Stove ware: caramel dumplings, creamed potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, cream of tomato soup, chicken a la king...
...weeks after Repeal the Food & Drug Administration busily sampled whiskeys, found many an instance of short measure, many more instances of faked whiskeys (caramel and alcohol, pomace and raisin brandy, etc.). Grumbled Mr. Campbell last week: "It is self-evident that our present resources are wholly insufficient to patrol the entire interstate and import liquor traffic...
...against jewelry and lost a ring or wristwatch on the job, he threw out the entire mix on which she had been working. The competition among the candy bar specialists is as quick-burning as carbohydrates. Williamson Candy's Oh Henry! (a core of fudge covered with soft caramel, rolled in loose peanuts and dipped in chocolate), was named for a neighborhood handy man, became a best-seller in 1920. Curtiss Candy Co.'s (Chicago) Baby Ruth pays no royalties to Babe Ruth because it was named ostensibly for the late President Cleveland's daughter "Baby Ruth...
...civilized one. That may sound like plain speaking, but it's the truth." Before the War and Prohibition, only the cheapest and rawest of whiskey could be bought for a nickel a drink. It was freshly distilled, acrid grain alcohol, diluted with water and colored with caramel. It contained poisonous fusel oils, seared the stomach, appealed only to the poorest of dipsomaniacs...